Why many autistic people DON'T like person-first language

Have you ever wondered whether it’s better to say “person with autism or autistic person”? Today I’m giving my personal opinion on the matter (with the absolute expectation that other autistic people will disagree with me, natch). Person first language has its origins in AIDS activism and has spread throughout advocacy groups for chronic health conditions and various disabilities. Person first language for autism has come largely from organisations and autism parents, rather than the autistic community themselves. Autism, by definition of being a childhood/developmental disorder, has the unique position of having (possibly neurotypical) parents thrown into the mix. This leads to many becoming “spokespeople” for their children, but I wonder if they are projecting their personal prejudices about autism onto the identity their child has. Feel free to disagree with me, but let’s keep it civil in the comments please! If you want to read more on this topic, see this excellent article from The Aspergian: https://theaspergian.com/2019/04/19/p... Last weekend, I had a huge amount of new subscribers and YouTube marked them all as spam... and deleted them. If you don't want this to happen to you, you are very welcome to sign up to my e-mail list here: https://www.subscribepage.io/YoSamdySam2 I will e-mail you once a week with my latest videos and some interesting links from around the web (maybe, if I can get my act together!) #personfirstlanguageautism #personwithautismorautisticperson #neurodiversity